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saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
MeDeFe wrote:Started as an April Fool's joke, but then they went ahead and actually made it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1fV3edEdfE&hd=1
everywhere116 wrote:You da man! Well, not really, because we're colorful ponies, but you get the idea.
shieldgenerator7 wrote:Lemon Meringue Pie Soda! I would totally buy that!
saxitoxin wrote:Serbia is a RUDE DUDE
may not be a PRUDE, but he's gotta 'TUDE
might not be LEWD, but he's gonna get BOOED
RUDE
TeeGee wrote:That's total decimation of the English language.
Y’all clearly arose as a contraction of you-all. Y’all fills in the gap created by the absence of a separate second person plural pronoun in standard modern English. This absence arose when thou disappeared, and you came to signify both singular and plural. This absence similarly gave rise to the phrases you-uns, you lot, or you guys. (Cf. yous, an informal plural second-person pronoun formerly used in New York City, still common in Ireland, often rendered "youse" in Australia and New Zealand, and yinz, an informal plural second-person pronoun commonly used in Western Pennsylvania and the Appalachians); or vosotros ["you others"], the Peninsular Spanish second-person plural, the latter having arisen when vos [originally the second-person plural] became the prevailing polite second-person singular term.)
Though the you all contraction argument may make sense when considering current-day vernacular, it is prudent to consider the vernacular which existed at the time which y’all was likely invented. By the late 18th century, Scots-Irish immigrants had settled in the Southern United States. It is well established that Scots-Irish immigrants frequently used the term ye aw. Some evidence suggests that y’all could have evolved from ye aw due to the influence of African slaves who may have adapted the Scots-Irish term.
There is evidence that the original spelling was ya'll. The spelling of ya’ll could have originated from the contraction of ya-all because ya was a common spoken slang form of the word you. 19th and 20th century authors like William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and Carson McCullers used ya’ll. Though becoming less common, the spelling of ya’ll is still used within the Southern United States.
everywhere116 wrote:You da man! Well, not really, because we're colorful ponies, but you get the idea.
Napoleon Ier wrote:You people need to grow up to be honest.
Serbia wrote:shieldgenerator7 wrote:Lemon Meringue Pie Soda! I would totally buy that!
shieldgenerator7, hi, and welcome to the forums!I haven't seen you about, so you must be new here. I hope you enjoy your stay, and the many personalities here in our little online family! Eek! Some are more prickly than others, but I trust you'll find your way! Have a simply GREAT day!
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2dimes wrote:Laugh so hard I could almost see through rock?
DoomYoshi wrote:No it's
"laugh so hard I caused a space time rift".
It was invented by shield generator in this very forum.
2dimes wrote:Laugh so hard I could almost see through rock?
everywhere116 wrote:You da man! Well, not really, because we're colorful ponies, but you get the idea.
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